Author: Tariq Panja and Shawn Hubler
Published on: 05/02/2026 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
L.A. Olympics Chief Keeps Low Profile at Winter Games. Casey Wasserman has expressed “regret” after messages he exchanged with Ghislaine Maxwell decades ago surfaced. In emails released by the Justice Department, Ms. Wasserman offers to give Mr. Epstein his visions to the global media assembled in Milan this week. Los Angeles officials call for his resignation from the Olympic effort. Mr. Wasserman, 51, has not been accused of wrongdoing by the Justice Department. Two of Los Angeles County’s five supervisors, Janice Hahn and Lindsey Horvath, have denounced Mr. Waterman’s involvement with Ms. Maxwell. Kirsty Coventry, elected last year as the first female president of the I.O.C., acknowledged that the first question she was asked at an earlier news conference was about Mr. Wasserman. But she hedged when asked whether he should resign. Local leaders in Southern California see the Games as a catalyst to jump-start improvements to the region’s municipal infrastructure. More broadly, the Games are a much-needed psychological boost for a region that has been battered by devastating wildfires and an intense and often militarized federal immigration crackdown. Mr. Wasserman and his team have been deeply involved in planning for the Games, in ways that could challenge a new chairman. Few Los Angeles leaders have been as steeped in the Games’ balance sheet The documents released include an email from a lawyer that inadvertently revealed the name of one of the women who have accused Oren and Tal Alexander, and Oren Alexander’s twin brother, Alon Alexander, of sexual assault. The New York Giants co-owner’s involvement with Epstein has not been linked to Epstein’s crimes.

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